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Meanwhile, Serena Williams said she is recovering from an elbow injury that forced her to withdraw from a tournament in Stanford that took place last week.

“I was really frustrated with how I was playing”, Williams said.

The German was satisfied with her execution, gesturing to Williams’ finished history as a tennis champ.

A win at the Open would give Williams, 33, the sweep of the four tennis grand slams, elevating her already brilliant professional career to an entirely different level.

Still, the former No. 1 and fourth seed presents Serena Williams’s greatest challenge on her half of the draw.

Slumping Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard dropped out, falling 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 to Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic in a first-round match.

“It’s for sure a step in the right direction”, Bouchard told reporters. “Especially since I haven’t played a match on hard courts since early April it was really good for me to have this long match and get ready for hopefully the rest of this week”. “I have one victory against her in Singapore so it is my best match ever”.

The Calgary Sun explored the nature of the friendship of the two tennis players, noting that the No. 1-ranked Williams invaded Wozniacki’s time with reporters and the two bantered back and forth, exposing a relaxed side of Serena that wasn’t as readily available earlier during her career. “But it’s good because she’s the hardest test and I’ll see where my game is”. Together, the Williams sisters have had a lasting impact on the landscape of tennis, both in actual games won and in style.

The 33-year-old American dominates tennis like few ever have and is on the brink of completing one of her sport’s rarest feats – a calendar year grand slam.

Serena appears as queenly and striking as you’d think on the cover, and things get a little more sexy during her photo-op inside. Bouchard has also lost 13 of her past 15 matches.

American Madison Brengle will face Canada’s Carol Zhao in the afternoon after that match was rained out Monday.

Pliskova went down 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2 against Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni while Suarez Navarro lost 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4 to Alize Cornet of France.